Improvement in cotton-bale tibs



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WILLIAM'M. SMIT-11, or AUGUST-1i, esonera.

Leam- Patea No.. 97,977, dated Dmmbe- 14, 1369.

IMPROVMNT IN' COTTON-BALB. TIES.

The'chedule referred -to'in these Letten atent 'and making .parrot thesama.

To all lwhom ritnmy concern:

Be it known thatl, WILLIAM M. SMITH, ofgthe city of'Angnsta, inthecounty of Richmond, and State of Georgia`, have invented a new andimproved Cotton-Bale Tie; and that the following is afull, clear,

and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this speciii'cation, in .whichj iFigure 1 represents in perspective the tie uniting the two ends .of aniron band, as when appliedin binding cotton-bales. Figure 2 representsthe tieY as it -shouldbe adjl'isted to the band, preparatory to unitingthe two vends of the same together.

Figure 3 represents Vthe tie unitingthe twoends of the iron baud,but'not entirely adjusted.

'Similar letters of reference, where they occurfin the separategures,denote like parts in all thcdrawf ings.

My invention relates toan. improvement in. cotton or other bale-ties;and .consist-sof a fiat rectangular piece of'iron, having a squareopening through the centre, slightly larger than the width of the ironband,- and a Y; shaped slot through one of it-s sides, for 'the betteradjustment. of said band. v

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill'proceed to desciibe the construction of the same, with reference tothe drawings.

A' A A"A{"represent the four corners of a ltiat Ipiece of iron, A, of aneven surface, andabout two inches square by an eight-li of an inchthick. Y B B" B 13" represent the four corners of'a square hole, B, cutin the middle of said piece. The sides of the said holel should alwaysbe made to,- exceed in i length, very slightly, the width of the`- iro11 oi other metallic band designed to 'be usedin combination with -saidpiece.

f (l represents 'a of piece A., One sideof said aperture, marked x, ismade blunt at the end, as seen at a.

The opposite side, x', is pointed,as seen at a', to prevent the band'slipping out of the tie during the final adjustment of the same aroundthe bale.

When the piece-Als made of flat iron, the aper Y -'shaped aperture, cutin one side i ture should always be madeasrepresented in jigs. V1,

2, and .3, in order to facilitate the passage of the looped ends of theiron band D D into the hole B, and the proper adjustment of the tie, asseen indig. l.v

Tounite, properly, the two' ends of the. iron band D D, aro`und-acotton. or other bale, with the piece A A" A" A, bend andinterlock oneend of said band with said piece, as represented in fig. 2, pass theother ,end aroun the bale, and ascertain, bymeasurement with the and,its excess in length 'over the circumference of the bale to which it isbeing applied;v bend vinwardly the end` of the band in excess,Ybring-the two ends together, and unite the last end bent, by passing theloop thus made horizontally, either tothe right or to the left, as maybe' necessary, through aperture (l n into-the square vhole-B; retractand interlock 'the two .ends of said bandwitlr said piece, asrepresented in ig.'3. 'After thus uniting the two ends of the baud withthe piece A, take hold, with the' left hand, of the upper left-handcorner of the same, as indicated by thearrow in iig; 3, holding atthesame-time, with. the right hand, the other end ofthe hand, below. thetic.y

'lhcn bring the two ends-together, and turn the tie inthedirection.indicatedby thepointingarrw, until the aperture G passesundcrfthe looped endof,baud 1)l D, as fully 'represented in iig. l,which completos" the proper adjustment ofthe tie-when uniting thelendsof the band D-D, as applied in binding cattolibales.

The aperture C should be 'cnt of'sntncient width .only, to admit freelyintothe hole B, the looped ends of the .ba1i1lD.D. When the. looped endsoi' baudD have -been united,- as represented ,inviig. 3,'by means of thetie 4under consideration,l andv the attemptis made to adjust-the same,as lierctoibre'directed, the

edge o the looped end. of said band will pass as freeiy over the slot Cas if Jit wera not in the piece' A. This -result is -attainedby thepeculiar construction oft-he 4slot C.

.It may be observed, that the interior-corner d, of the slot G,.is cutoli', and the oppositecorner, a', presents an acute angle.

In turning the piece A, as d irectedLvot' g.3, until adjusted ,asrepresented' in iig.; l, the edge of the looped end of bandl) will-dropfrom the acute' corner a', upon theincline made by cut-.ting on" thecorner a, and-pass the slot C without the least interruption. Any otherconstruction of said, slot would certainly result in perplexing delay.

It was purposely conceived-aud executed in the coil-V struction of thepiece A, that the dir'iicnsions of the square hole B should be made toexceed, very slightly' vided with a vV or X-shaped slot-, for these I`know to' be old; but v What I do claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is J v An improvement upon rectangular cotton-bale ties,

with V br X-shaped slots, said improvement consisting instriking oit theintcriorpoint or angle a, while. ythe point or angle af is left entire,for the ready and secure adjustment of the loop-band D. as herein shownand described.

Witnesses: WILLIAM M. SMITH.

EDMUN'D Masson,

D. BALLAUF.

